https://docs.google.com/a/foresthills.edu/file/d/0B_CTkal_cNi5RmhjVGtTWjEtcEE/edit The Citations were not very good quality, so I put them below. "80beats." 80beats. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. LiveScience.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. "Urban Threats." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013. "Effects of Overpopulation." Effects of Overpopulation. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. Walsh, Bryan. "TIME Special Report: The World at 7 Billion." Time. Time, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013.
Overpopulation in Rome
At the end of the first century AD Rome had about 4 - 5 million people living in Rome. The people would hide their money so that it wouldn't be taken or misplaced when the population was decreasing and when things
were not stable. "80beats." 80beats. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. The hidden coins was a major contributer to find out the population is Rome. After about 100 AD the population started to decline.
Many families lived in apartments. There wasn't bath rooms. At their very best there could have been public latrines and drinking fountains. There were almost no families with their own house. There was 26 apartments for each single-family-household.
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/urban-threats2/
(visited on Jan 23 13) Overpopulation Today Effects on a country that is overpopulated can be unemployment. It can cause disease. The government may try to get things from other countries, causing debt. There’s not enough food to support all the people. People start stealing things because they don’t have any money to buy what they need, so that makes the crime rate go up in the country. It can affect the environment and the water. Some people may not be able to bathe or brush their teeth. Civil wars can break out everywhere.
Solving Ideas: Could split Rome into different parts and not have one big place, but maybe around 5 different places.
Causes of the problem in Rome: The birth rates were actually low and the death rates were very high, because of diseases, like malaria. But there were many people (mostly in the city itself) because people migrated for jobs, and free wheat, meat and wine, and for entertainment (the the Gladiator Games).
Why the Romans could not solve their problem: There were many people that came looking for something that could not be found (like jobs) and it was very expensive for all the free food which made it even harder. People would keep coming in.They didn’t have the best military force, so they could not stop the people from coming in
Similar problem today: (brief description) Today the birth rate is higher, and there are many immigrants coming into America as well. We have lots of medicines so the death rate is lower.
Technology, resources, people, information & laws that contribute to the solution of the current problem: -There are no laws that limit how many children you can have in America, however in China the people are only allowed to have one child. - People rely on technology to save the problem. -People like the Dugger's have large families that can contribute to overpopulation. -To lower poverty rates people plan to promote job creation. -Using different transport methods other than just cars, like walking -Getting the locals working with their local government -Changing the energy uses to lower pollution rates
How Rome can use today’s resources to solve their problems: Rome could do what China has done and limit the amount of children that people can have and they could maybe spilt Rome up into many different places so that there aren’t as many people in one place. They could create limits to how many people can live in a city and if other people try to come, they could kick them out.
Emails:
Professor Saller, Hello, my name is Julia. I am a 7 grader at Nagel Middle School. My social studies class is doing a project on ancient Rome. We have to find a way to save it from crashing. I have a few questions about the overpopulation problem.
-What do you think really made Rome overpopulated?
-Why didn't it even out when people would die, and people would be born?
-Some of the effects was disease. What were some of those diseases, and what made all these diseases start?
-Do you think that if Rome had split into many different parts it would help?
Thank-you so much for your time!
Sincerly,
Julia
Dear Julia,I am not sure what overpopulation problem you are thinking of. Can you be more specific? RS
Professor, Sorry. I meant that before Ancient Rome ended it started to get very overpopulated. Ancient Rome as a whole was not overpopulated, but much of it was. There were mostly poor people who had to live in wooden apartments. There were many problems at that time, and overpopulation was just one of them. I hope this is specific enough. Thanks again for your time
Dear Julia,
I see now what you are referring to. When people speak of "ancient Rome", they usually mean
the whole Roman empire, from Britain to Egypt. It is usually thought that the whole empire was
underpopulated, not overpopulated. The city of Rome itself was densely populated for many
centuries. It is almost certain that the rate of death was extremely high from malaria and other
infectious diseases. The rate of births was almost certainly lower. So how did it continue to
have the largest population of any city in Europe until 1800 AD (a million). Many people migrated to the
city from the countryside. Why? They came for jobs, for the free handouts of wheat and later
wine and meat, and for the free entertainment (gladiatorial fights in the Colosseum and chariot
races). All large cities before 1800 AD were probably death traps on account of infectious disease.
"80beats." 80beats. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
LiveScience.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
"Urban Threats." National Geographic. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2013.
"Effects of Overpopulation." Effects of Overpopulation. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2013.
Walsh, Bryan. "TIME Special Report: The World at 7 Billion." Time. Time, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2013.
Overpopulation in Rome
At the end of the first century AD Rome had about 4 - 5 million people living in Rome. The people would hide their money so that it wouldn't be taken or misplaced when the population was decreasing and when things
were not stable.
"80beats." 80beats. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
The hidden coins was a major contributer to find out the population is Rome. After about 100 AD the population started to decline.
http://www.livescience.com/9732-ancient-rome-real-population-revealed.html
Many families lived in apartments. There wasn't bath rooms. At their very best there could have been public latrines and drinking fountains. There were almost no families with their own house. There was 26 apartments
for each single-family-household.
http://www.innominatesociety.com/Articles/Death%20and%20Disease%20in%20Ancient%20Rome.html
Most people in Rome had to live in apartments.
http://suite101.com/article/plebeian-life-in-ancient-rome-a176601
(All websites visited on Jan 15 2013.)
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/habitats/urban-threats2/
(visited on Jan 23 13)
Overpopulation Today
Effects on a country that is overpopulated can be unemployment. It can cause disease. The government may try to get things from other countries, causing debt. There’s not enough food to support all
the people. People start stealing things because they don’t have any money to buy what they need, so that makes the crime rate go up in the country. It can affect the environment and the water.
Some people may not be able to bathe or brush their teeth. Civil wars can break out everywhere.
http://geojoedr.tripod.com/id3.html
(visited on Jan 16, 2013)
More and more people are coming in and the planet MAY not be able to support it. Not the fact that there are more people, but what those people do. (All the pollution that goes out.) 1 in 7 people go hungry.
Email
Bryan Walsh
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782_2097814,00.html
visited on Jan 17 2013
Solving Ideas:
Could split Rome into different parts and not have one big place, but maybe around 5 different places.
The birth rates were actually low and the death rates were very high, because of diseases, like malaria. But there were many people (mostly in the city itself) because people migrated for jobs,
and free wheat, meat and wine, and for entertainment (the the Gladiator Games).
There were many people that came looking for something that could not be found (like jobs) and it was very expensive for all the free food which made it even harder. People would keep coming in.They
didn’t have the best military force, so they could not stop the people from coming in
Today the birth rate is higher, and there are many immigrants coming into America as well. We have lots of medicines so the death rate is lower.
-There are no laws that limit how many children you can have in America, however in China the people are only allowed to have one child.
- People rely on technology to save the problem.
-People like the Dugger's have large families that can contribute to overpopulation.
-To lower poverty rates people plan to promote job creation.
-Using different transport methods other than just cars, like walking
-Getting the locals working with their local government
-Changing the energy uses to lower pollution rates
Rome could do what China has done and limit the amount of children that people can have and they could maybe spilt Rome up into
many different places so that there aren’t as many people in one place. They could create limits to how many people can live in a city and if
other people try to come, they could kick them out.
Emails:
Professor Saller, Hello, my name is Julia. I am a 7 grader at Nagel Middle School. My social studies class is doing a project on ancient Rome. We have to find a way to save it from crashing. I have a few questions about the overpopulation problem.
-What do you think really made Rome overpopulated?
-Why didn't it even out when people would die, and people would be born?
-Some of the effects was disease. What were some of those diseases, and what made all these diseases start?
-Do you think that if Rome had split into many different parts it would help?
Thank-you so much for your time!
Sincerly,
Julia
Dear Julia,I am not sure what overpopulation problem you are thinking of. Can you be more specific? RS
Professor, Sorry. I meant that before Ancient Rome ended it started to get very overpopulated. Ancient Rome as a whole was not overpopulated, but much of it was. There were mostly poor people who had to live in wooden apartments. There were many problems at that time, and overpopulation was just one of them. I hope this is specific enough. Thanks again for your time
Dear Julia,
I see now what you are referring to. When people speak of "ancient Rome", they usually mean
the whole Roman empire, from Britain to Egypt. It is usually thought that the whole empire was
underpopulated, not overpopulated. The city of Rome itself was densely populated for many
centuries. It is almost certain that the rate of death was extremely high from malaria and other
infectious diseases. The rate of births was almost certainly lower. So how did it continue to
have the largest population of any city in Europe until 1800 AD (a million). Many people migrated to the
city from the countryside. Why? They came for jobs, for the free handouts of wheat and later
wine and meat, and for the free entertainment (gladiatorial fights in the Colosseum and chariot
races). All large cities before 1800 AD were probably death traps on account of infectious disease.
Good luck, RS
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